NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Canadian national and five other people suspected of helping extremist gunmen stage a deadly attack in the Kenyan capital this week appeared in court on Friday as prosecutors investigated them…
WASHINGTON — Growing up, Jason Spindler was an all-American kid. In Houston, Texas, where he was born and raised, Jason played sports and studied hard, filling his days with friends and family, and planning for…
NAIROBI, KENYA — Kenya’s president and top opposition leader issued strong warnings to terrorists who attacked a luxury hotel and office complex Tuesday in Nairobi. President Uhuru Kenyatta confirmed that 14 people were killed in the…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Extremists launched a deadly attack on a luxury hotel in Kenya’s capital Tuesday, sending people fleeing in panic as explosions and heavy gunfire reverberated through the complex. A police officer said…
On Wednesday, January 2, 2019, President Trump’s nominee for the vacant post of Ambassador to Kenya was finally considered and confirmed by the US Senate, after a nine month delay. Ambassador Kyle McCarter, whose preliminary…
PARIS — When a private museum in Benin displayed artifacts from the ancient Dahomey kingdom a decade ago, roughly a quarter-of-a-million Beninese flocked to see the exhibit — a stunning turnout for the tiny West African…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Morris Kaberia was on Kenya’s death row and feeling suicidal when he came across a program that eventually set him free. The former police officer had been imprisoned for violent robbery,…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police have identified three suspects in the kidnapping of an Italian woman and are offering a reward of one million shillings ($9,750) for information leading to their arrest. There has…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyatta National Hospital is east Africa’s biggest medical institution, home to more than a dozen donor-funded projects with international partners — a “Center of Excellence,” says the U.S. Centers for…
CAIRO (AP) — It took Melania Trump’s first big solo international trip for her to show a different side of herself — a playful, less serious one. And while she generously dished out warm smiles…